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[DVC_Don]

Or, the Romantic weekend that turned family fun time....

Where? Boardwalk Villas

Who? The Lefebvre family, AKA Don, Nancy, Jason & Ashley

When? August 24 to 27, 2001

Day 2: August 25th

As my other post went POOF!, I decided to start afresh.

Jason got us up at 7:00 AM. Breakfast was in the room of cereal, skim milk and those
little muffins in packages. Nancy and I skipped coffee to avoid the caffeine in the Florida
heat.

We left the room at about 8:10 and caught the boat to MGM. We were inside MGM and
at the rope to Indiana Jones by 8:40. After the rope dropped at 9 we got Fast Pass’s for IJ
with a return time of 10:35 for the first show. The it was off to Star Tours which was a
walk on. Ashley was disapionted that there was no line as she wanted to watch that
little robot that cracks jokes. “Stick em up!” Towards the end of the ST ride I started to
sweat, feel warm and stomach felt queasy. I was glad when the ride ended. That has
never happened to me before. We were able to keep moving through the gift shop with
out stopping.

We went over to do the Back Lot Tour, but the CM there said they did not open till 10, it
was only about 9:30 so we went to I Want to be a Millionare. A CM there waved us
away saying “Not open yet.” Another CM was steering folks away from the Fast Pass
machines too. After a restroom and shopping stop over by Voyage of the Little Mermaid,
we walked to Sunset Blvd to the fruit stand and snacked on banana’s and fruit cups. One
more shopping stop and the girls got sun hats. Good idea in this sun and heat.

We got back to Indiana Jones right at 10:35. There was no need for the Fast Pass. The
place was almost full, but everyone got in. The last time we saw this show was January
1997. Jason, who was only 6 then, got pretty upset about the fire part. Nothing since
then could convince him it was part of the show. Now that he is on an adult AP, it was
time to be a man about it. We got a front row seat just off to the right of the control area.
It was terrific! Jason now admitted that the fire part appeared to be part of the show.

After the show we decided to beat the lunch crowd and went to a new, to us, place. The
ABC Commissary. Nancy had a chicken and rice dish, Jason and Ashley had
cheeseburgers and I had a beef, beans and rice dish. I did not care for mine. The others
were fine. We left here at 12:15, but there were not many people there even then.

Now we went back to the Back Lot Tour. The first part of the show has been changed to a Pearl
Harbor theme. About time, this part was looking mighty worn the last time we saw it.
Ashley wanted, and got, the “wet” side as it was getting mighty hot by now. All she got
was a little mist. Not nearly enough to cool down with. By now it was about 1:00 and
we decided to go back to BWV for a swim and shirt change.

By the time we walked and boated back to the room I was mighty tired and elected to take
a nap while the others went to Luna Park for a swim. I awoke about an hour later and the
others got back a few minutes later. We had been using up a lot of shirts, so we took the
dirty laundry down to the first floor laundry area. Studios do not have a washer/dryer
setup but, there is a no charge laundry on the first floor. We started the laundry and
wandered around the resort until we “discovered” the Community Hall by the guiet pool.
Inside are no charge Nintendo games, arcade games, ping pong, crafts and movies playing
for DVC members. While the rest of family played here, I went to change the clothes to
the dryer. Back at the Community Center Jason was hot into a Nintendo game and Nancy
and Ashley were making a picture frame. When the time came I retrieved the clothes and
took them back to the room. Dark clouds were gathering so I went back to get the family.
Just as we got back to the room it started to rain for about an hour.

The rain let up at about 5:00 and we took the boat over to Epcot. I had heard good things
about Akershus at Norway. We were able to get in without a PS. This place was neet.
We had a very nice server who was from.......Norway! The buffet was terrific. We had
salad, crab meat stuffed eggs, potato salad, lamb, venison stew, mixed veggies and
potato’s, salmon and pasta with ham chunks. There is more, that’s just what we sampled.
The best desert was Ashley’s. It was a troll cookie with food coloring “paint” and a small
paint brush. She painted and ate the troll.

After we walked over to Test Track but the Fast Pass’s were gone and the standby line
was 60 minutes. As it was so hot still (7:45) the kids played in a fountain nearby. Nancy
went into Mouse Gear to get a couple of T shirts and a towel to dry the kids after. While
she was gone there was a rumble of thunder and I saw lightnening so I got the kids under
the roof between Mouse Gear and Innoventions East. We were able to get them out of
their wet cloths and into just a T shirt. They had taken their shoes off, so they were still
dry. We walked to the International Gateway and by the time we got there it was just a
light rain. The thunderstorm never materialized. Jason and Nancy took the boat back to
the room while Ashley and I walked in the rain over to the Beach Club to nose around the
gift shop there. I picked up a BC license plate for my collection and a BC polo shirt.
Ashley did not find anything she wanted. When we came out the rain had stopped and we
walked back to our room.

We were going to watch the fireworks from our balcony but, no luck. The bellman was wrong. The third floor is not high enough to see them. Maybe the fourth or fifth. drats, foiled.

Lights out again was 10 PM. Although I had trouble sleeping due to that nap I think. Another thing, the crowds are really light. The only real line we saw was at Test Track.

[ 09-01-2001: Message edited by: Disnydad ]